Button.



110. 728,172. PATENTED MAY 12,1903.

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BUTTON. 7

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2a. 1902.

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.iJNiT-E STATES Patented May 12, 1903,

PATENT OFFI FREDERICK H. LARTER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO HARRY O. LARTER AND HALSEY M. LARTER, OF NEWARK,

NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,172, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed March" 26, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIOK'H. 'LARTEB,- a citizen of the United States, residing at New ark, in the county of Essex and State of New" Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a button, more particularly for mens linen or other vests, which can with greater ease;- and facility be employed in buttoning the op: posite parts of said garment and can be 're-. moved from said vest preliminary to laun-' dering the same, to avoid the loss and inconvenience incident to the use of detachable shoes or parts to engage the inner or under side of the garment, to hold the outer head of the button close to the face of the vest,and thereby secure the benefit of a more orna; mental, neat, and dressy appearance, andto] obtain other advantagesand results,'some;of which may be referred to hereinafter in' connection with the description of-the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved nonseparable button, and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,- in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ofthe severalfigures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the button, the shank and shoe of which arein cen-" Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said button. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, the parts being in position to be thrust into the eyelet 'of the vest. Figs. 4:, 5, and 6 are detail views of one section of the shoe, Fig.4 being a section on line y of Fig. 6; Fig, 5, a section on line 2 of Fig. 4, andFig. 6 a plan of said shoe-section, and

Serial No. 100,039. (No model.)

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the head and shank of thebutton.

In said drawings, a indicates the head of the button, adapted to lie on the outside of the garment, where it presents to view, ordinarily, ornamental features. On the under side of said head is soldered or otherwise rigidly secured the shank b, adapted to enter the eyelet or buttonhole of the garment. This is of novel construction in that it employs or is furnished with an eye 0 at its enlarged lower end,in which the end ofthe shoe may lie, as shown in Fig. 3, and above said eye a pivotal cross-bar d, on which the shoe 6 may turn, as hereinafter described. .Said shoe e is in sections f f one slidable in the other, and the section f being tubularand providedwit-h an upwardly-extending eyeg to receive the pivotal cross-bar d. -Said eye 9 is at one end of the section f, and at the opposite end said tubular section is provided with an inwardly-extending pin or lug h, which provides a bearing for the spring 1'. The section f lies within the section f'and is also tubular to containthe spring *6. It is of about double the length of the section f and is longitudinally slotted, as at l, to receive the pin or lug h and permit of lopgitudinal movement. At one end: said. section is furnished with a fingerknob m, which is preferably conical, to facilitate the entrance of the section, through the eyelet of. the vest. At the opposite end the tubeis closed to provide aninterior bearing n for the spring 2', and at this end said section f has a lip 0 to serve as a stop and prevent the draft on the said section from coming with undue force upon the spring, and thus subjecting saidspring to such compression as might occasion a breakage or other injury.

The eye g is recessed at one side, as at p,-

to receive the lip, as shown in Fig. 3, and the shank b, at the lower end of the eye 0 thereof, is recessed or beveled, as at q', to receive or be engaged by the section f when turned.

To operate the parts thus'describe'd preliminary to thrusting the foot through the garment, the section f is grasped by vthe knob m and drawn against the resiSting spring 6 until the stop 0 enters the recess p and engages the wall thereof. As the section f is drawn forward from the section f the shoe may be turned on the pivotal cross-bar with relation to the head and fixed shank until the lower side of the section f strikes against the beveled wall of the recess q. Pressure of the thumb or fingers is then applied to the coinciding ends of the two sections and to the side of the shank, and the pointed knob is thrust through the buttonhole or eyelet of the vest, the cloth of the garment passing over the surface of the section f thence over the section f and the eye of the shank, and finally on to the small part of said shank immediately behind the head of the button. Pressure of the thumb or fingers being removed, the spring t' acts to throw the section f to the position shown in Fig. 1, thus preventing any withdrawal of the shank.

I am aware that various modifications of the device from the construction thus particularly and positively described may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and so I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by the specific terms employed excepting as the prior state of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is l. The combination with the head and shank, the latter having a pivot, of a shoe in tubular sections, one slidable in the other, the outer section having an eye arranged on the pivot of the shank, substantially as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, the shoe for non-separable buttons, said shoe comprising a short tubular outer section having an eye at one side near one end thereof, a long tubular section extending through said short section and having a knob at one end and a stop at the opposite end and a spring tending to hold the knob of the long section against the end of the short section substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the .head and shank, the latter being enlarged at one end and having a cross-bar cl, of a tubular section pivoted at one end on said cross-bar and a long tubular section containing a spring 2', and projecting out from opposite ends of the first said section, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination with the head and shank, the latter having the enlarged eye,

pivotal cross-bar and recess q, of the sectional shoe pivoted upon said cross-bar,'substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the head and shank, of a sectional shoe, one end of one of the sections being pivoted upon said shank, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the head and shank fixed thereto, of the tubular section f, having at one end an upwardly-projecting eye pivoted on said shank and having at the opposite end an inwardly-extending lug or pin, a longitudinally-slotted tubular section f arranged Within the first section and having at one end a knob and at the opposite end a stop 0, and hearing or, and aspring arranged in said section fisubstantiallyas set forth.

7. The improved button, comprisingahead and shank, the latter having an eye and a pivot, a shoe arranged in said eye and on said pivot d, the said shoe normally extending from said shank in opposite directions to prevent an easy removal of the button from the garment, substantially as set forth.

8. Theimprovedbutton,comprisingahead, shank havingan eye 0, and pivot d, and a shoe in two parts or sections, one part or section having an eye on said pivot cl, and the other part or section being movable with relation to the first said part or section, whereby the normal relation of said parts or sections may be changed to permit passage of the shoe through the buttonhole, substantially as set forth.

9. Theimprovedbutton,comprisingahead, shank having an eye 0, and pivot d, and a shoe in two parts or sections, one part or section having an eye on said pivot (Z, and the other part or section being movable with relation to the first said part or section, whereby the normal relation of said parts or sections may be changed to permit a passage of the shoe through the buttonhole, and a spring for holding said parts or sections of the shoe in their normal relation, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of March, 1902.

FREDERICK H. LARTER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT. 

